RAISY has reclaimed the top spot in the Quake III Arena Nightmare campaign leaderboard with a time of 29:14. His run beats the previous record by fearZZz by four seconds and comes more than four months after it was set.

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RAISY and fearZZz have been competing for the Quake III Arena Nightmare campaign record for over five years, regularly improving their times and taking turns at the top of the leaderboard. Here's a full timeline of their record progression:

DatePlayerTimeImprovementTime Since Previous
08.02.2020fearZZz39:26––
12.01.2023RAISY36:42-2:442y 11m
21.01.2023fearZZz34:28-2:149 days
22.01.2023RAISY33:40-0:481 day
24.01.2023fearZZz33:02-0:382 days
01.02.2023RAISY32:37-0:258 days
02.03.2023fearZZz32:10-0:2729 days
02.03.2023RAISY30:56-1:14Same day
25.03.2023fearZZz30:24-0:3223 days
31.03.2023RAISY29:56-0:286 days
02.06.2023fearZZz29:49-0:073 months
27.01.2024RAISY29:33-0:167m 28d
30.11.2024fearZZz29:28-0:0510m 8d
14.02.2025RAISY29:20-0:082m 15d
21.02.2025fearZZz29:18-0:027 days
23.06.2025RAISY29:14-0:044m 2d

In addition to his latest record, RAISY also holds the world records for two other specialized Quake III Arena Nightmare categories:
  • Nightmare No Deaths – 30:24
  • Nightmare No Jumps – 33:06

Meanwhile, fearZZz still maintains the fastest time in the "I Can Win" difficulty category with a blistering 21:41. He also ranks among the top players in other id Software classics — 4th in Quake II Any% (Easy) and 25th in Quake (Easy Run).